Validation of a real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR assay for the detection of H7 avian influenza virus

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 639-643

  Pedersen, Janice ^a   Killian, Mary Lea ^a   Hines, Nichole ^a   Senne, Dennis ^a   Panigrahy, Brundaban ^a   Ip, Hon S ^b   Spackman, Erica ^c  

^a National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Poultry; Real time RT PCR; Surveillance; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ, AVIAN INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHICK EMBRYO; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77950202169     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8911-043009-Reg.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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